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41) Batman begins
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit...
42) The Godfather
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
43) Santa Fe edge
Author
Series
Ed Eagle novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Ed Eagle, the six-feet-six, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney, has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and--more treacherously--his ex-wife, Barbara. Now a mysterious new client has come his way, one who may shed light into some dark corners of Ed's past ... and put him in danger once more.
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Shang-Chi is forced to confront the past he thought he left behind when he's drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization controlled by his father, a man who gained immortality and a desire for unlimited power when he acquired an ancient artifact centuries before.
45) The square
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Ray is in a loveless marriage and hopes to escape the monotony when he begins a torrid affair with next-door neighbor Carla. Although she is married to a low-level mobster, she also seeks a little excitement. Ray's moral values are tested to the limit when Carla presents him with a bag of cash from one of her husband's latest crimes. What was to be an opportunity to take the money and run, soon becomes a matter of arson, murder, and blackmail.
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
As holiday celebrations take place in Santa Fe, Agent Paul Kagan is on the run with a baby the Russian mafia wants to destroy and turns to a mother and her young son for help during a violent night where they all must work together to keep the child safefrom harm.
47) Sizzling sixteen
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum novel volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Someone wants to kill Vinnie, but who? The list is long, and it's up to Stephanie to whittle it down to one in this 16th Stephanie Plum novel.
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck ... Bad luck: Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is...
48) Your honor
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Vince Luca, son of mob boss Anthony Luca, goes away to college in southern California hoping to escape his past, but soon his brother and a series of "uncles" appear at his dorm, and before long he is caught up in criminal activity once again.
51) Fire with fire
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After witnessing the brutal murders of a convenience store owner and his son; firefighter Jeremy Coleman nearly escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against the crime lord, Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshalls.
52) Leopard's blood
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Taking over a crime syndicate in Louisiana, leopard shifter Joshua Tregre, whose fighting skills are unrivaled, doesn't stand a chance when he meets his new neighbor, whose fierce determination and beauty lead him down the path of temptation. --Publisher
53) Prizzi's honor
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley, the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them. When Irene and Charley fall in love their jobs become complicated, especially when each is given a contract that neither can go through with.
54) The departed
Language
English
Formats
Description
In South Boston, the Massachusetts State Police are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation...
55) Ink & ashes
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
"When Japanese American Claire Takata finds out that her deceased father was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese crime syndicate, danger enters her life that could end up killing someone"--
57) Tracers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bicycle messenger Cam is in heavy debt to a violent organized-crime gang. Hoping to get out of debt, he joins a crew that uses parkour to pull off heists. As the stakes get higher, and the heists more dangerous, the payouts get bigger. With mob enforcers breathing down his neck, Cam must use every ounce of his skill to stay alive.
58) You kill me
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Forced by his employers into rehab, a mob hitman heads out west to find AA, a new love, and a new organized crime foe.
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Mobster Victoria Galetti, on a plane to L.A., has been ratted out. The police are waiting for her at the airport and she has a million dollars in cash that she needs to stash quickly. She puts the money in the bag of an Indian tourist who is visiting the States for the first time, taking his address tag so she can find the money later. What seems like a simple pick-up, turns into a problem when a dog buries the money.
